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Everglades

Everglades is a subtropical waters in the southern U.S. state of Florida, comprising the southern half of the great watershed, and is a wet land area of ​​2.5 million hectares of pine forest covering, swamps, mangrove forests and grasslands. Everglades is also home to diverse flora and fauna, which may not be found in other areas. Like the Tigers of Florida, Bird Snail Kite and the Ghost Orchid. This system begins near Orlando with the Kissimmee River Lake Okeechobee discharge to a broad but shallow., Water leaving the lake in the wet season forms a slow moving river 60 miles (97 km) wide and more than 100 miles (160 km) long, flows into south across the limestone shelf to Florida Bay at the southern tip of the country.

But the beauty and uniqueness of the area that was in Florida, America is in danger. About 60% area of ​​waters in the Everglades has been converted to agricultural and urban areas. As an illustration, the area of ​​the Everglades is now only half, if compared to 1900. Worse, now only less than 100 species of Tigers Florida Everglades. It is not possible, a large black cat population will be gone within the next 40 years if not preserved.